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From: frazier@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Greg Frazier)
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Subject: Re: Software primitives for real-time programming languages
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Date: 21 Sep 90 17:55:02 GMT
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In article <1424@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> rajuk@umree.isc.umr.edu (Raju Khubchandani) writes:
>level language of any processor? In other words, what I am saying is that for a
>given processor and clock/bus speed the fastest way to execute is to do assembly
>level programming. I know this is a lot of programming effort compared to using
>a high level language, but the objective is to extract maximum juice from your
>hardware.

No, this is not the goal.  The goal is to obtain reliable juice
from your hardware, and assembly code is about the least reliable
way to program a computer that I know of.
--
"They thought to use and shame me but I win out by nature, because a true
freak cannot be made.  A true freak must be born."  K. Dunn, _Geek_Love_

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